BILL NUMBER: SB 901	CHAPTERED  07/06/99

	CHAPTER   63
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 6, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 6, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 16, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   APRIL 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Runner)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 31 of Chapter 953 of the Statutes of 1996,
relating to local agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 901, Knight.  Local agencies:  spheres of influence:  City of
Lancaster.
   Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to expand
temporarily the City of Lancaster's sphere of influence to include
Edwards Air Force Base and adjacent territory, and to allow the city
to expend specified funds outside the city limits but within its
temporary sphere of influence to promote commercial space efforts, to
retain and create commercial space jobs, and to develop commercial
space infrastructure on and around the base.  Existing law further
specifies that the Legislature deems the City of Lancaster's sphere
of influence to include designated territory, and prohibits the Los
Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission from disapproving
the city's expenditures for improvements and services as specified.
These provisions are repealed as of January 1, 2000.
   This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to
January 1, 2002.  It would additionally revise the types of city
expenditures that may not be disapproved by the commission.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 31 of Chapter 953 of the Statutes of 1996 is
amended to read:
  Sec. 31.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (1) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has
contracted for the construction of a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV),
also known as the "X-33."
   (2) NASA plans for the RLV's first launch to occur in April 2000,
at Edwards Air Force Base, located in the northern portion of the
Antelope Valley.
   (3) The RLV site will stimulate economic development of the area
surrounding the base but may also encourage incompatible development
within the RLV's flight path.
   (4) Though the base is located in an unincorporated area of Los
Angeles County that is not within the sphere of influence of the City
of Lancaster, it is the Legislature's intent that the city and the
county encourage compatible development within the RLV's flight path.

   (5) It is the Legislature's intent to temporarily expand the City
of Lancaster's sphere of influence to include the base and adjacent
territory so that the city and the county may cooperate to discourage
incompatible development in the areas that will be affected by the
RLV's flight path.
   (6) It is also the Legislature's intent to allow the City of
Lancaster to expend specified funds outside its city limits but
within its temporary sphere of influence to promote commercial space
efforts, to retain and create commercial space jobs, and to develop
commercial space infrastructure on and around the Edwards Air Force
Base.
   (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 56425) of
Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code, the
Legislature deems the City of Lancaster's sphere of influence to
include the area described in subdivision (d).
   (c) Notwithstanding Section 56133 of the Government Code, the Los
Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission shall not disapprove
the City of Lancaster's expenditures for the following improvements
and services pursuant to an interagency agreement entered into to
expend moneys and technical assistance, to promote commercial space
efforts, to retain and create commercial space jobs, and to develop
commercial space infrastructure at the Edwards Air Force Base:
   (1) The acquisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of
transportation facilities and improvements.
   (2) The acquisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of
fuel facilities and improvements.
   (3) The acquisition, construction, improvement and maintenance of
drainage facilities and improvements.
   (4) The acquisition of rights-of-way.
   (5) The relocation of utility transmission facilities.
   (6) The acquisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of
testing facilities and improvements.
   (d) Pursuant to subdivision (b), the City of Lancaster's sphere of
influence shall be deemed to include the territory that is bounded
by the Los Angeles County line on the north and east, by Avenue J on
the south, and by 120th Street East on the west.
  (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2002,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends that date.


